From the Richmond Dispatch, 10/4/1861, p. 2, c. 2

A Runaway Yankee Recaptured. – A Federal soldier named Washburne, formerly of the 4th Maine regiment, escaped from the prison (Ross's factory) in this city on Wednesday night last, but was recaptured yesterday at Tunstall's Depot, New Kent county, and returned to his old quarters. The arrest was made by Dr. Tazewell Tyler, Mr. Apperson, and Mr. Wm. W. New.

• Prev
• Next